[95] He has since made public appearances to bring attention to the issue of child sex abuse, declaring himself a "poster child" for the cause and encouraging victims to report their abuse.[96]. Considered one of the greatest boxers of all time, Sugar Ray Robinson held the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951, and by 1958, he had become the first boxer to win a divisional world championship five times. Bonds got up and continued to move, with Leonard in pursuit. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Floyd bounced back and won two in a row over Sanchez to secure his spot in Atlanta. 2 of his losses came after his first retirement. Although he would prescribe the training procedures, he would leave the day-to-day work to Dave Jacobs and Janks Morton. Leonard came back to stop Howard in the ninth round, but the stoppage was disputed, with some feeling that the referee stopped the fight prematurely. His lower lip was cut from a headbutt in the fourth round, his left eye was cut in the eleventh round, and his right eye was cut in the twelfth round. Durn was guaranteed $7.6 million and Leonard's arrangement guaranteed him over $13 million.[65]. Camacho applied pressure from the opening bell and started to score well in the third. "It was a crutch, something that enabled me to forget." On March 28, 1981, Leonard defended his title against Larry Bonds, the WBC sixth-ranked contender, at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. [54], Leonard threw 629 punches and landed 306, while Hagler threw 792 and landed 291. By 1958, he had become the first boxer to win a divisional world championship five times. After the bout Hagler stated it may be his last fight. He had a falling out with partner Bjorn Rebney, whom he called "a cancer in my company. Always moving forward, he mauled and wrestled Leonard, scoring inside with hooks and rights. Associated Press had it 144141 for Durn, while The New York Times had Leonard ahead 144142. It was his first defeat. Leonard entered the bout as a 3-1 favorite but Norris dominated the fight, giving Leonard a heavy beating. "I can never erase the pain or the scars I have made through my stupidity, my selfishness", Leonard said. WASHINGTON POST. He had a career record of 79-6-3 and was a showman in the ring, chanting 'It . In 1989, Leonard was introduced to Bernadette Robi by Kenny G at a Luther Vandross concert. When Robinson finally did get his shot at the belt in 1946, he took home the crown with a unanimous 15-round decision over Tommy Bell; Robinson would hold the welterweight title until 1951. The feared warrior who had defeated Sugar Ray Leonard and battled Marvelous Marvin for fifteen back-and-forth rounds had been rendered helpless by Thomas Hearns in just four minutes, left face down in the resin dust, a sight few had imagined they might ever behold. [53], Many were surprised that Hagler, a natural southpaw, opened the fight boxing out of an orthodox stance. Leonard received $7 million and Durn received $8 million. Eventually, Leonard admitted that Hearns deserved the decision[citation needed]. Bonds was a southpaw, which made him a good opponent for Leonard, given that his next opponent was scheduled to be the WBA Light Middleweight Champion Ayub Kalule, a southpaw. The judges scored the fight a draw and Leonard retained the title. Kalule and his handlers had expected Leonard to use lateral movement against him, but Leonard chose to fight inside instead. Terry Norris battered Leonard all around the ring in Madison Square Garden on his way to a one-sided decision that convinced Leonard his day in the sun had ended. Many felt that the ten-point must scoring system was not properly used and those rounds should have been scored 108. No. The following year, Leonard won the National Golden Gloves and National AAU Lightweight Championships. Hearns was the taller of the two by 6 cms and also had a 10 cm reach advantage. "He's black, he's blind, and he's broke.". Leonard got hit by sparring partner Quincy Taylor and was badly buckled. Leonard called it "the hardest single punch I ever threw."[30]. 19522000: 6063.5 kg, 20042012: 6064 kg. The announcement generated a lot of controversy because of Leonard's inactivity and eye injuries, yet it also excited many sports fans who had hoped to see them fight years earlier. On June 12, 1989, Leonard defended the WBC Super Middleweight Championship in a rematch with Thomas Hearns at Caesar's Palace. Leonard decided to fight Camacho after commentating on Camacho's fight with the 45-year-old Roberto Durn the previous year, describing the disputed unanimous decision as "an early Christmas gift". He knocked Leonard down with a left hook in the second round, and in the seventh, he dropped Leonard again with a short right. By the fifth, Leonard, who was moving a lot, began to tire and Hagler started to get closer. Leonard was awarded a 50 decision and the Olympic gold medal. In his later years, Robinson worked in show business, even doing some television acting. Leonard became a sensation in. Leonard battled back again and again, but he had to work just to find room to breathe and swing, at times simply to survive. These seven fights are the highlight of his career. He then announced, "I am retiring from boxing right now." [23] Leonard won by a tenth-round knockout. But even though it was bereft of some of the normal fight card touches, this show offered a fun presentation of boxing that never mocked the sport. 1 in its book "The 100 Greatest Boxers of All Time.". The rules state that a boxer must be retired for five years before being eligible for induction. In the closing seconds of the eighth round, Durn turned his back to Leonard and quit, saying to referee Octavio Meyran, "No Ms" (English: "No more"). Having lost, Sugar Ray Leonard believed he could catch Duran out of shape due to celebrating his victory in the first match. He got up, but after a few more punches, the referee stopped the fight. Afterward, Leonard announced, "I'm finishedI've fought my last fight. "For the first time in a long time, I allowed someone to push me", Leonard said. The following year, he again won the National AAU Light Welterweight Championship, as well as the Light Welterweight Championship at the Pan American Games. He stuck out his chin, inviting Durn to hit it. Over his 25-year career, Robinson won the world welterweight and middleweight crowns and was dubbed "pound for pound, the. Voom! Leonard and . Roberto Duran takes on Sugar Ray Leonard at the Superdome in New Orleans in November 1980. . Jacobs had quit in 1980, disagreeing with Leonard's decision to have an immediate rematch with Durn. He would also choose Leonard's opponents. He made three successful title defenses, stopping Luis Primera, Randy Shields, and Pablo Baez. Hearns was leading by scores of 124122, 125122, and 125121. His speech, entitled "Power" (Prepare, Overcome and Win Every Round), is consistently booked with major Fortune 500 companies throughout the United States and abroad. This movie brought back memories of his fight with Dicky Eklund. "This is different. Unlike the fight in Montreal, Leonard used his superior speed and movement to outbox and befuddle Durn. For three rounds Durn drove at Sugar Ray with a fury, and there were moments when it seemed the fight could not last five. Unable to get away, unable to counter and unable to slide away to open up the ring, Leonard seemed almost helpless under the assault. Many felt that Hagler deserved the decision because he was the aggressor and landed the harder punches. 2 . Robinson was born Walker Smith Jr. on May 3, 1921, although the location is a source of debate. He said he started using medication after he retired in 1982, following surgery to repair a detached retina. Late in the final round, he again hurt Aldama, which brought a standing eight count from the referee. [6][7] Leonard was also the first boxer to earn more than $100 million in purses, and was named "Boxer of the Decade" in the 1980s. "Tonight was my last fight. Correa was instructed not to spare the whip. On December 7, 1989, the boxer Sugar Ray Leonard triumphs over a lackluster Roberto Duran in a unanimous 12-round decision at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas. By the end of round five, Leonard had a growing swelling under his left eye, and Hearns had built a considerable lead on the scorecards. Hagler took a few months to decide, then agreed to the match.[52]. [9] In 2016, he was voted by The Ring to be the greatest living fighter. More embarrassed than hurt, Benitez got up quickly. In the fifth, Camacho dropped Leonard with a right followed by two left uppercuts. Leonard was the winner by a technical knockout at 2:44 of round eight, regaining the WBC Welterweight Championship. The boxer continued his dominance until 1991 when he lost by decision to Terry Norris and retired again. himself. On hand that . Dundee was unhappy with that amount. Leonard and Robi were married at Leonard's $8.7 million estate in Pacific Palisades, California in August 1993. Leonard won the National Golden Gloves and National AAU Light Welterweight Championships in 1974. "He's a great trainer, a throwback", Leonard said. With Hearns fatigued, Leonard came back and had a strong finish to the round. Hagler continued to score somewhat effectively in round six. [81], In 2001, Leonard launched Sugar Ray Leonard Boxing Inc., a boxing promotional company, and announced the company's strategic partnership with ESPN. Durn was awarded a unanimous decision, although it was mistakenly read as a majority decision in the ring. "That's it", he said. Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler fight for the WBC and Ring middleweight titles on April 6, 1987 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. He won his first Golden Gloves title (featherweight) in 1939, and then repeated the accomplishment in 1940. He requested a contract for the Lalonde fight and Leonard refused. "But then he adjusted to my style. In October 1996, the 40-year-old Leonard announced that he was coming out of retirement to fight 34-year-old Hctor Camacho for the lightly regarded International Boxing Council (IBC) Middleweight Championship. Sugar Ray Leonard (def. He drove him to the ropes and unleashed a furious assault. He rose but was soon down again, and the fight was stopped. On December 7, 1989, Leonard defended the title against Roberto Durn, who was the reigning WBC Middleweight Champion. He also worked as an adviser in the 2011 robot boxing film Real Steel. The bout took place on June 20, 1980 at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Canada. Leonard made his first title defense in Landover, Maryland, on March 31, 1980. Shortly afterward, Leonard dropped him with a flurry of punches. Roberto Duran Speaks: The Untold Story Is Finally Revealed!, Bill Brubaker, The Boxing Writers Association of America, List of light middleweight boxing champions, "Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Leonard lead the way", "The Fabulous Four Hagler, Hearns, Duran, and Leonard", "Ring Magazine's 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years", "Who is the greatest fighter alive? She also said he was an occasional cocaine user. For Leonard's fight with Hagler, Dundee worked without a contract and received $175,000, which was less than 2% of Leonard's purse. Hagler never seized total control of the fight as he had against Thomas Hearns two years earlier, when he brutalized Hearns and scored a third-round knockout. The fight ended in a 12 . . It's less revisionist and says right up front, in the first sentence of the prologue, what Sugar Ray won't confess to: "On the night of April 6, 1987, Sugar Ray Leonard stole a fight. Leonard kept it up, continuing to move, stop, and mug. Dundee had a different proposition. "[91] In 2011, Leonard revealed in an NPR interview that he had been free of alcohol since July 2006. Bonds rose but Leonard didn't let him off the hook. As a boy growing up in Detroit, Sugar Ray Robinson was neighbors with heavyweight champion Joe Louis. He stayed home a lot, reading comic books and playing with his dog. Leonard received $1 million and Benitez, a two-division champion with a record of 3801, received $1.2 million. Leonard was guaranteed $11 million, and Hagler was guaranteed $12 million. Leonard's observation that the Hagler who beat John Mugabi was older and slower proved to be spot on. Sugar Ray Leonard, byname of Ray Charles Leonard, (born May 17, 1956, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, U.S.), American boxer, known for his agility and finesse, who won 36 of 40 professional matches and various titles. Late in the round, Leonard dropped Benitez with a left. "All I can do is say I'm sorry, but that is not enough. At the age of 20 (1977), Leonard won his first professional fight, only setting the stage for a collection of the most memorable fights in all of boxing history. But at that point in the fight, Hagler appeared to be slightly more ring-general and clearly more aggressive. Best Known For: Considered one of the greatest boxers of all time, Sugar Ray Robinson held the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951, and by 1958, he had become the first boxer to win a divisional world championship five times. Shirley was the only judge to give Leonard a 108 margin in the twelfth. [50], Leonard and Howard fought on May 11, 1984, in Worcester, Massachusetts. Despite requests from the Hagler camp, Leonard was uninterested in a rematch and retired on May 27, 1987. [68] He then offered Hearns a third fight, but Hearns said he could no longer make the weight and moved up to the light heavyweight division. Leonard fired back and hurt Lalonde with a right. [38], "I made him quit", Leonard said. [88] In 1984, they had another son, Jarrell. Picking himself off the canvas twice, Leonard showed . Although Price landed multiple good blows, Leonard knocked him out in the first round, advancing his record to 250 with 16 knockouts.[28]. Hagler backed off, and Leonard danced away with Hagler in pursuit. "I wanted more", Leonard said. Augie Sanchez had defeated Mayweather earlier that summer in qualifiers after a tight 11-12 decision. Then his friends came to help. He tried to get me against the ropes, I'd pivot, spin off and Pow! Hagler hurt Leonard with a left cross and pinned him in a corner. Dave Jacobs was one of the people let go, leaving Correa as the sole trainer. I know this. "[71] Howard knocked Leonard flat on his back in the fourth round. Montreal Not long after this fight ended, a rematch fight was scheduled. That's why he's living."[32][33]. Robinson inspired Ali's famous matador style, which he used to defeat Sonny Liston for the heavyweight title in 1964. The team also included Leon and Michael Spinks, Howard Davis Jr., Leo Randolph, Charles Mooney, and John Tate. Round nine was the most exciting round of the fight. "My idea is that he should have a tuneup fight before he fights with Roberto again", Jacobs said. He continued to taunt Durn mercilessly. Leonard's 1987 fight with Hagler, which served as a comeback after a three-year retirement, is one of the greatest fights ever. When Leonard boxed in the Olympics, he had a picture of Wilkinson taped to his sock. Leonard won the fight in 12 rounds on a split decision. The cuts required a total of 60 stitches. Leonard had no answer for the skillful, younger, faster man. "He has really helped me get ready. Every time Hagler scored, Leonard came back with something flashier and more eye-catching, if not as effective. In a fight that many considered to be very boring, both fighters were booed often by the fans and many left the arena before the decision was announced. Durn forced the issue and took the fight to Leonard, cutting off the ring and denying Leonard space to fight his fight. By 1958, he had become the first boxer to win a divisional world championship five times. On November 7, 1988, Leonard made another comeback, facing Donny Lalonde at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. Moore fought and lost to Sugar Ramos for the inaugural WBC title. "I think I pretty much fought from the heart." [34], After the Montreal fight Durn went on a partying binge and ballooned in weight. [21], Leonard had hoped to get lucrative endorsements following his gold medal win, but the negative publicity from the paternity suit chased off any big commercial possibilities. The fight began as expected, Leonard boxing from a distance and Hearns stalking. Late in the third, Leonard dropped Benitez on the seat of his pants with a stiff left jab. Morton was replaced as co-trainer by Pepe Correa, who had worked with Leonard for most of the previous fifteen years.[63]. Jim Murray, long-time sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times, wrote, "It wasn't even closeHe didn't just outpoint Hagler, he exposed him. Remembering "The Showdown": Hearns and Leonard fought 35 years ago. [45] Leonard's next fight was scheduled to be against Roger Stafford on May 14, 1982, in Buffalo, New York. The time was 2:54 of round fifteen.[29]. .css-m6thd4{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:Gilroy,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.2;font-weight:bold;color:#323232;text-transform:capitalize;}@media (any-hover: hover){.css-m6thd4:hover{color:link-hover;}}Remembering Just Fontaine and His World Cup Record, The Man Behind the First All-Black Basketball Team, 8 Times Brothers Have Faced Off in a Championship, Every Black Quarterback to Play in the Super Bowl, Soccer Star Christian Atsu Survived an Earthquake. goes on to explain what went through his mind before he quit the fight - a bout in which he wasn't . "The whole fight, I was moving, I was moving", Leonard said. In 1972, Leonard boxed in the featherweight quarterfinals of the National AAU Tournament, losing by decision to Jerome Artis. Kalule, who was 360, had been the WBA Light Middleweight Champion for two years. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. Site contains certain content that is owned A&E Television Networks, LLC. Durn received $1.5 million and Leonard, working for a percentage of the closed-circuit gate as well as a guarantee, received over $9 million. Dickie's fight against Sugar Ray Leonard was on July 18, 1978 at the Hynes Memorial Auditorium in Boston, Massachusetts. The roles reversed: Leonard became the stalker and Hearns became the boxer. Sugar Ray Robinson turned pro in 1940 and won his first 40 fights. . With little money Robinson helped his mother save for an apartment by earning change dancing for strangers in Times Square the Smiths built their new life in a section of Harlem dominated by flophouses and gangsters. Hagler buckled Leonard's knees with a right uppercut near the end of the round, which finished with Leonard on the ropes. Leonard pledged he would support his son, even if he had to scrap plans to attend college. There was a capacity crowd of about 4,600. "I did the best I could", Leonard said. He was paid $40,044 for the fight. Even though Leonard dominated, hurting Hearns and battering him, all three judges gave both rounds to Leonard by a 109 margin. The headline in the Washington Star read, "Sugar Ray Leonard Named in Welfare Dept. Asked if Leonard was the best he ever fought, Durn thought for a moment and then answered, "Si, si." Sugar Ray Leonard's raw and uplifting memoir reveals in intimate detail for the first time the complex human who waged his own personal battle with depression, rage . In the fourth round, a right hand to the top of Leonard's head dropped him for just the second time in his career. "Sugar Ray Robinson had a nice ring to it," Robinson later said. On March 10, 1986, Marvin Hagler knocked out John Mugabi in eleven rounds to retain the Undisputed World Middleweight Championship for the twelfth time and advance his record to 6222. His partner was Anna Trebunskaya. This is terrible. Judge Dave Moretti scored it 115113 for Leonard, while judge Lou Filippo had it 115113 for Hagler. After several comebacks, Leonard ended his professional career with 36 wins, three losses, and one draw. Despite years away from the ring, Leonard defeated Hagler and secured his place as one of the best. Trainer then made Leonard the sole stockholder in Sugar Ray Leonard, Inc. Angelo Dundee, Muhammad Ali's trainer, was brought in to be Leonard's trainer and manager. "There was no indication that he was in pain or getting weak. "I wasn't aware I was in a championship early because I hit him so easy", Leonard said. [11], Leonard, the fifth of seven children of Cicero and Getha Leonard, was born in Wilmington, North Carolina. After Foreman's thrilling challenge of Holyfield-Don King asked Tyson to fight him. He made him look like a guy chasing a bus. Hearns won rounds nine through twelve on all three scorecards. (Photo . The British challenger had a record of 332. The fight was named "Fight of the Year" and "Upset of the Year" by The Ring. Shortly before the Olympics, Wilkinson had filed an application to receive $156 a month in child support payments from Prince George's County, Maryland. The Panamanian seized the evening and gave it what shape and momentum it had. Hagler's corner was much more reserved prompting Clancy to comment: "They're talking to him like it's an IBM meeting or somethingno emotion." Many consider the 1976 U.S. team to be the greatest boxing team in the history of the Olympics. Veteran ringside commentator Don Dunphy said "They're stopping the fight. Ray Charles Leonard, known as the boxing champion "Sugar Ray" Leonard (after the champion boxer Sugar Ray Robinson), was born on May 17, 1956 in Wilmington, North Carolina to Getha Leonard and Cicero Leonard, who boxed in the Navy. [69], On February 9, 1991, Leonard went down to 154lbs and fought WBC Light Middleweight Champion Terry Norris at Madison Square Garden. Duran and Leonard would go on to fight two more times, once in November 1980 and again . By his last retirement in 1991, boxer Sugar Ray Leonard had become the first fighter to win titles in five divisions-every weight class from welteweight to light heavyweight. Lalonde tried to tie up Leonard, but got dropped with a powerful left hook. Foreman had an 84 inch reach. Leonard was a shy child, and aside from the time he nearly drowned in a creek during a flood in Seat Pleasant, Maryland, his childhood was uneventful. Leonard knocked him out in the third round. To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will. As an amateur, he took an Olympic gold medal in the light-welterweight class at the 1976 Games in Montreal. You're blowing it!". Leonard blamed his poor performance against Norris on lack of motivation, a rib injury, moving down in weight, and divorce, which was being litigated while he was in training. "[56], Many others felt that Leonard deservedly got the decision, arguing that Leonard landed more punches and showed better defense and ring generalship. "[77], Leonard has provided commercial endorsements for companies including Coca-Cola, EA Sports, Ford, Nabisco, Revlon and 7 Up. We never could tell what he was thinking. Leonard, becoming more aggressive, hurt Hearns in the sixth with a left hook to the chin. The induction ceremony was on June 15, 1997.[73]. But eventually you and Durn had a rematch that you ended up winning. The "Four Kings" created a wave of popularity in the lower weight classes that kept boxing relevant in the post-Muhammad Ali era, during which Leonard defeated future fellow International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees Hearns, Durn, Hagler, and Wilfred Bentez. He died at the Brotman Medical Center in Culver City, California, on April 12, 1989. After the fight, there was controversy due to the scoring of rounds six and seven. The fight was postponed when Leonard had minor surgery on his right eye to fix a loose retina. Leonard battered Hearns in rounds six and seven, but Hearns regrouped. Sugar Ray Leonard, the world welterweight champion, underwent two hours of surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore yesterday to repair a partially detached retina in his left eye. During divorce proceedings, Juanita Leonard testified that her husband physically abused her while under the influence of alcohol. Now I want to go to school." The first fight occurred in '81 and was a highly anticipated welterweight unification match. Leonard, with a badly swollen left eye, came out roaring for the thirteenth round. The referee stopped the fight with Bonds taking punishment in a corner.[39]. For the Camacho fight, Leonard had a new trainer, Adrian Davis. It was the only time in Leonard's career that he was knocked out. Paternity Suit". "It was stupid for me to fight Norris at 154 lbs", Leonard said. In his prime, he was unstoppable. In round fourteen, after staggering Hearns with an overhand right, Leonard pinned Hearns against the ropes, where he unleashed another furious combination, prompting referee Davey Pearl to stop the contest and award Sugar Ray Leonard the Unified World Welterweight Championship. He took control, attacking and driving Leonard against the ropes, bulling him back, hitting him with lefts and rights to the body as he maneuvered the champion against the ropes from corner to corner. In rounds, he had it three for Durn, two for Leonard, and ten even. [85] During his appearance on The Colbert Report in 2011, Leonard was defeated by host Stephen Colbert in a thumb wrestling contest. The fight took place on September 9, 1978. Career Highlights Sugar Ray Leonard fought a total of 40 times during his professional career. The two went toe-to-toe in the fifteenth. What was the score of the Sugar Ray Leonard fight? 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